Another birthday banana treat

It would seem that May & June are popular birthday months for my co-workers. Tonight I am making banana bread for a friend. Yes, yes banana bread woohoo so basic....but I do "spice" it up a little :) It all starts with my good friend Betty Crocker
1 1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter softened
2 large eggs ( room temp)
1 1/2 c mashed very ripe bananas ( 3 medium) -- I had 4 so I used 4 ;)
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1c. chopped nuts ( if desired...I left them out this time usually I add pecans)
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice ---I usually add a mixture of cinnamon and nutmeg but I decided this time to go with the pumpkin pie spice.

Move oven rack to middle of oven, preheat to 350- (1) 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan or (2) 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 mix sugar and butter until fluffy. add eggs until well blended. Stir in bananas, butter milk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Add flour slowly mixing until incorporated, add soda, salt and spice, stir in nuts (if adding) Bake 1hr 15 min if 1 large loaf. 1 hour if 2 small loaves. cool ten min in pans on wire rack. Then remove from pan and let cool completely. Wrap tightly and store at room temp up to 4 days. Refrigerate up to 10 days.
***Sidenote, the smell of banana bread is so wonderful. My son sleeping down the hall makes me think " I hope that one of his fond childhood memories is how wonderful the house smelled when his mom was cooking/baking things"